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Famous Evertonian Tony Bellew has been reacting to the past week of action at the Hill Dickinson, including the fact that Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has missed out on an England call-up.
There haven’t been many attacking midfielders better than Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has been for Everton in the Premier League this season. So when he wasn’t in the England squad, it was surprising.
Thomas Tuchel admitted Dewsbury-Hall was very close in terms of his thinking for a space in the squad. Almost a direct rebuttal, Dewsbury-Hall sent Tuchel a message with his performance against Coventry last Friday.
Bellew has been speaking on the Outside the Box Pod about Dewsbury-Hall not getting the England call-up, and he is absolutely fuming.
“I think it’s a disgrace. And I said at the start of the season what he’d be doing, but it’s a disgrace that England haven’t called him up.
And I mean that it’s a lack of respect. It can’t be him.
“It’s a lack of respect for Everton Football Club that you haven’t picked him. So you think if he was playing for, like, a top-six club?
“Wouldn’t even be a question. Lee, it wouldn’t even be a question. Okay, it’s come out in the press that they’re looking at some Championship players who could get into the team. What are you talking about, Championship players for when you’ve got Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in the form of his life?”
For many, Dewsbury-Hall has been Everton’s player of the season so far, and his importance to David Moyes only continues to grow as he becomes a club hero. There could be an argument about what he has to do.
Tuchel admits he has been impressed, but not enough to call up the midfielder, with Jobe Bellingham taken instead, which is laughable. However, contrary to Bellew’s thoughts, Tuchel isn’t overlooking Everton with Jordan Pickford, Jarrad Branthwaite, and James Garner all involved.
One thing that is certain, if Dewsbury-Hall continues to perform to this level, Tuchel can’t ignore him forever.